the u.n. security council has strongly condemned north korea's most powerful nuclear test threatening more sanctions against pyongyang. iran may allow access to a military complex which is the suspected site of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. reporting the black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical with a modest movement attracting support r.t. is granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. from the new center in moscow this is r.t. with your line on screen twenty four hours a day. the un security council has issued

a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test in defiance of international regulations it was ation saying it plans to beef up the sanctions already in place for the previous atomic exercises let's get more on this now from artie's miniport she is in new york what exactly came out of this emergency meeting and one of the likely next step for the international community well the u.n. security council as you mentioned unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a defiant act and a clear threat to international peace and security a press statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after pyongyang's latest underground has called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling pyongyang's latest defiant. international peace the security council also

strengthen sanctions in response to this missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that no country or the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions. just because i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the will not be used as a pretext to build up

a military presence around the korean peninsula we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous. now u.s. president barack obama also warned that both tuesday's tests and earlier satellite launches are provocations according to the u.s. president and he threatened further swift and credible action against pyongyang u.n. chief on ki-moon also condemned the nuclear test calling it deplorable of the test was also criticized by many others including britain japan france the e.u. the i.a.e.a. and nato for the swift action presumably talking about yet more sanctions but what would be achieved in that pyongyang is supposedly suffering from the repercussions of the previous tests. well you know common sense will tell you that it might not achieve much and that's only if you base that on words that we've heard from north korean officials and north korean diplomat john young wrong also told the u.n.

disarmament forum in geneva recently that his country quote will never bow down to any resolution and that was in response to criticism that nuclear tests violated several u.n. security resolution now pyongyang has also threatened that if the u.s. response to that test with hostility then unspecified quote second and third mashers may follow it seems as though if you just based on the patterns that are taking place that north korea is not backing down despite any threat of resolutions or sanctions on live in new york thanks very much indeed for that update. the room has said it may allow inspectors from the u.n. nuclear watchdog access to a military complex suspected of hosting atomic research we're going to run as always denied the porch inside is a nuclear facility the inspectors will arrive in iran for a new round of talks on wednesday in another movie and easing the tension over its

nuclear ambitions to iran has said it is converting enrich uranium into react to feel now that will slow the buildup of material which could potentially be used to make nuclear weapons well let's discuss this now with jaber he's director of the center for middle east studies he joins me now live from beirut now iran has resumed converting some of its enrich uranium into fuel proving it to be for peaceful purposes will this move ease tensions no in the suspicions over its nuclear program. you know it's not something in your home for a year or two we hear that iran is accused to build a military nuclear program and. iranian leadership denied this many times and. he also made it clear and yesterday or two days ago we heard that the president of iran. also made it clear and he

said we. our program is a peaceful program for peaceful purposes but they don't want to believe this and i think you always did cooperate with the international community and with united nations would i he and the. n.p.t. and i don't think this all was you know for a day after day year iran is under threat and iran under sanctions and we hear. the american secretary of state john kerry calling on iran for dialogue and iran said i'm ready to. sit on the table and make dialogue but not under threat and under sanctions i think it's fair and i know we hear you know that in their way you. can threaten by sanctions and

let me tell you something why israel nobody talk about israel and syria have two hundred a warhead nuclear warhead and for the motive i think focus and iran iran will not give up. to stop this peaceful nuclear program and i think you know as we heard that iran is now ready to accept. as spectators. to cooperate with them and. we will hear that there is a problem and that inspection and made. they would start again to try. to increase sanctions i don't think that sanctions on iran would solve the problem but what if. you're saying that this won't work because iran may be a little entrant intransigent and not be helpful or is it because it's simply finding it so difficult for the un and others to believe the fact that it is

pursuing a peaceful nuclear program. every country has to care about its sovereignty and i think. you remember the case of iraq when saddam hussein let. everybody come and speak it everywhere and what was the result they did that. saddam hussein and pretext. nuclear weapons and. i think. now you have a very smart and. they are a very very. nationalist and i think i know very well i think. even the opposition and on when the sanction and under threat the opposition in iran has to be with the government to defend the country and to solve the problems in the country that americans don't understand and i think let me say

a few words the problem in iran is that the nuclear program whether it's civilian or military the problem is the position of iran and. seen and. and. if one day to morrow and he and i knew and. say that we are not he said we are not going about any conflict and not against israel like egypt. i think the next day the americans will be and. of the sanctions and they will add that on the. program we don't have to forget that the first the first reactor nuclear reactor which was implemented in the. early seventy's with the. americans

as the whole issue is. the power of. and i think it would continue unless they would of. by you know. like this we. so you should with the help of course. thank you very much indeed for your point of view on this thanks very much indeed for joining us live here on r.t. . and later in the program we report on the unexpected and dramatic impact of international sanctions against iran iranian patients are suffering from a lack of medicine with trade restrictions causing a drug deficit or report on that just ahead this hour. the first egypt's opposition is turning more radical as protests become increasingly violent and it's movement of masked men calling themselves the black bloc is attracting more supporters is threatening islamist authorities and sparking

fears of a possible all out street war truth in current tells us about the group which has given r.t. exclusive access. this mysterious group appeared round the second anniversary of generosity five evolution when they released this statement saying they would fight the missing brotherhood and they would strive for the goals of revolution around about the time we started seeing a young man in black bought a car this according themselves said the black bloc and they were heading up the more minutes and signs of the revolution we saw them making want to talk to my facebook pages they were giving instructions to the street fighting it taking responsibility for a number of the acts of civil disobedience such as stopping public transport and also have said they were responsible for the burning of muslim brotherhood headquarters of some of them this of course has sparked much criticism from the authorities including the missing brotherhood and that the t.v. channels the prosecutor general twenty ninth of january i said they were terrorists agree on that they would be arrested if they were caught red handed our team

managed to secure interviews with this members of the secret organization. the black bloc is an idea that came about as a reaction to the negligence of our peaceful demands and also as a reaction against the oppression of the interior ministry which receives orders from the regime we stand against the oppressive and tyrant regime we call upon the interior ministry to deliver justice for those who have been killed and we will continue our demands until they are met our actions are in self-defense we are protecting ourselves but have never attacked anyone we will always be present in egypt even after or demands are met however we will take on a different form the aim behind our presence is to prevent injustice in any form no one listens to our demands and the proof is the number of people who are being killed but of course we had so much his team on this stepping down of the ouster of hosni mubarak this of course devolved into clashes by the presidential palace much take us was throwing up protest as he responded with molotov the similar protests

occurred around the country down south in the suit and now we have reports including egypt's second city in alexandria although the focus of the clashes most definitely is most weeks by the presidential palace and indication that protest is a turning to more violent means to push the regime to fail by demands. bill true reporting there well under the new egyptian constitution the black bloc is considered a violent outlaw group let's get more on this from political activists he joins me now live from cairo well being described as a violent group but are their intentions really peaceful or first of all the black bloc you have to understand that they stand for a just cause and they're trying to portray themselves as a vigilante but the true anger behind it's the frustration from the lack of social justice the lack of fulfillment of the demands of the revolution so it's

a true anger among certain groups of youth but the real thing behind it is a tactic used by many intelligence communities all around the world and specifically in the ninety's whereby in idea of violence thrown out organized violence thrown out by intelligence community adopted by those who are frustrated actually to go out on the streets and then their frustrations in violence so that this could turn to peacefulness of the egyptian revolution which was which resonated all around the world with a lot of positive connotations now it is always that old peaceful aspect of revolution has been tarnished already hasn't it where we've seen a lot of violence recently do you think that this group could perhaps provoke some reaction from pro islamists and we'll see even more violence is that were you concerned about. wall the first reactions from the muslim brotherhood is that they will create something called the white bloc in

order to respond to that pressure from the black bloc now both of them will be deemed. illegal groups if that happens but i'm not concerned about the violence being organized among different structures of the society however how it's being employed on the streets to falsify the collective perception of people through media the situation that egypt is becoming a lawless state and that it's becoming a failed state both on the economic level and the security level this is a perception being promoted by the security intelligence and intelligence communities through the media so that egyptians could reach a point of desperation. realizing that a military council could that isn't so if you drop too because that perception then we realize into the fact that egypt could become a militia state you talked about the white group being formed presumably being

backed by the muslim brotherhood egyptians by nature not violent and these are tactics being employed so that egyptians grow desperate all the time with all the crises economic crises and social crises and all sorts of course all around the country sort of egypt would have collectively people start thinking that the muslim brotherhood is doing a lousy job which is more or less they are doing a lousy job however it's to push people to beg the military council for a cool so that they can kick out the muslim brotherhood these are tactics employed in latin america between the sixty's and the eighty's these are tactics employed by the military intelligence in algeria so to justify the military over the take of of the government so are we going to see another coup then are we going to see perhaps another revolution happening what's what's what's next. it is possible that you there's a lot of promotion of of a second wave of

a revolution but only this time by the pool this is what we used to have before the actual revolution took place the poor all those who live in slum areas and chanting areas will overtake cairo and alexandria all the major cities because they will reach a level that they cannot meet even their daily needs on a very basic level who they are and it's also how to win and ransacked the country so would a black appeal to the poor and also to the middle class and disenchanted with the results of the revolution when you see this group getting more and more support in this exactly that's what the egyptian opposition really wants to identify itself with a group like that i don't believe so it's a tactic that feels tactics to create some sort of fear among people and you will see that an increase of sexual harassment by organized crime that was strained by the security apparatus is here to attack women and form circles around them so that

they wouldn't be easily penetrated over two hundred people would attack one or two ladies and form circles around them those are tactics employed to create chaos and fear among citizens are we going to see talks dialogue are we going to see the government talking to the opposition even though the opposition is fairly fragmented are we going to see any sort of positive outcome or continuous vicious cycle of unrest now in egypt over the next few years. well the there's a negative dynamic between the opposition and the ruling party the ruling party and one by by default their psyche is that they will never give concessions until they feel a hard threat so right now they do not feel that exists tensional threat come fulfill itself and on the other hand the opposition is only running for self interest and that's been all support how they've been portrayed in the media so they're losing

a lot of ground the real battle right now would be. the upcoming parliamentary elections the muslim brotherhood has a last significant ground and the salahi's are growing stronger at the expense of the brotherhood and the problem is that the liberal camp or the other slanted term which could gain a majority however it is completely fragmented if they do not get their act in good timing before the elections they will lose a golden opportunity to create some sort of balance of governance in this country where it's really interesting to talk to you thank you so much for your thoughts on this argument that we're talking to us live from cairo here clarity thanks for time . this is all teed off here moscow still ahead in the program this hour a magnet for migrants the u.k. is attracting more than any other european country according to the latest e.u. statistics it's a multi-cultural trend alarming many who are worried the white british are becoming a minority report on that is coming shortly. also

a big speech for the little space for some crucial issues president obama prepares the state of the union address focusing on the prosperity of the average american not that tara wreaked by the average drone strike that's one analysts opinion for you in the program. will put in. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've gone through huge earth covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture.

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he continues here on r.t. despite the concerns of israel the u.s. and its western allies iran denies it's developing atomic oems under the cover of a civilian nuclear program meanwhile the severe international sanctions are hitting the lines of everyday iranians in need of medicine as all of these griffin has found out. behind the smile lies pain and despair a bask in the run in with blood a cancer has just received his medicine but there is no guarantee he'll get it tomorrow the best jokes about patients being patient but sadly has no choice. it's so hard to get treatment these days it's not that i don't get any at all but

you have to wait a long time and if you get it that only means someone else has missed. the reason for the drug shortage sanctions imposed by western countries with public they're not directly targeting the pharmaceutical or medical sectors but they have bangs his trade restrictions. unfortunately many foreign companies stopped selling us drugs they're not allowed to have cribbed relations with iran and people predict price with their lives. iran's officials warn it may have an impact far beyond its borders. if we have a disease or pedantic and are now vaccinate the population could spread easily to neighboring countries and the sector many outside around. iran produces ninety six percent of its own medicine but the roma to roseville half of them come from abroad

more than fifty vital medicines have disappeared from the running farmer says international sanctions came in because the foreign in britain c m a from can no longer make their way into iran people with cancer and jim ophelia wait often ended with bad news that their drug is not available their chances of survival are getting ever slimmer as sanctions hit patients instead of politicians officials estimate a total of six million iranian patients could be in danger because of the drug deficit in the van by local and international media reported on the first death apparently caused by the shortage. a fifteen year old boy who suffers from hemophilia couldn't get the medicine he desperately needed despite a frantic search by his family and he died in hospital on. the west try to do now they tried sanctions on the military sector then we realized we actually started making progress there but they wanted to weaken destabilize the

country and the government is their aim this is why they now target people so that people get angry and take that the streets protesting that. and people indeed take to the streets this is a meeting of organ donors and some whose lives have been saved by transferring a process now complicated by the like of medicine for that. i thank god and the donor who returned me to why i had heart problems and now his heart beats in my chest and i'm again why but the problem is that many too many are still waiting surgery became extremely expensive and the number of donors decreased so much and they will they have enough time. to run in doctors find themselves facing a very hard to to ration having to decide who will get their medicine and who will not in desperation they wrote an s.o.s. letter to the u.n. chief they're still waiting for an answer brief an ocean r.t.

from iran. and you can check out our website rather stories from around the world here's a look at what we've got for you the moment britain is having to ring a new generation of hackers as a short idea experts to fight cyber attacks against a new report says it'll take at least two decades to plug the gap more not for you but if you don't. also racist amusement park claims find out how a white rabbit has led to disneyland facing allegations of bigotry all the details for you and plenty of other stories about. the u.k. is the top destination for migrants in europe recent figures show around six hundred thousand came to live in britain in one year alone it's a trend which worries many with demography experts predicting white british people could be a minority within fifty years on these police reports from london where they already are. it's what britain is known for

a vibrant multicultural society and it looks like u.k. babies are testimony to it in east london seventy seven percent of new mums were born in britain nicoletta is from romania two thousand and seven i have been here when my husband together so. come through and let it sit cine recently moved here from sri lanka and it is a big. deal that it's more dear he. has three children i was born in bangladesh they get. a good living standard of living so you prefer to live in you kid them overseas between the years of two thousand and one and two thousand and eleven nearly four million immigrants came to the u.k. as part of an immigration boom under the former labor government at the time westminster said that britain needed working migrants to propel the economy this is

tower hamlets in east london a third of the residents here a bangladeshi in fact they outnumber the white brits in this area by two thousand people so if you want to just say that they're baffled at just how quickly the number of indigenous brits has diminished over the past decade there are a lot of genuinely decent people who do have. even the labor party has discovered recently that the vast majority of people is right those who would. actually vote for the labor party have concerns about something that no government can ignore the leader of the opposition labor party recently admitted that his party got it wrong on immigration and to those. who would too quick to say. like it. the truth is the public were ahead of us in seeing some of the problems of migration because they were seeing them in their own communities poll

after poll shows that the people living here are worried about the speed and the size of the influx. for my opinion i don't think you. need more immigrants at the moment i do love the movie. critics say the government is too frightened to address what britain will look like in fifty years time it's going to look like. it's going to be a complete population. the indigenous population is shrinking anyway the younger generation and the younger generation is becoming increasingly radicalized and i think it's probably. twenty twenty five twenty. demographers say that if immigration continues on a similar scale the white british population throughout the country will become a minority after twenty sixty six but with less than half of londoners already

describing themselves as white british some say that a quiet and irreversible revolution has already taken place in britain. at sea east london. americans are preparing to tune in to the president's big speech barack obama is about to make his state of the union address is expected to focus on the economic recovery of the middle class ignoring crucial issues like secretive u.s. drone strikes that just ahead here in. new hope are going pope benedict the sixteenth says he won't have a. choice of successor with the catholic church at a crossroads following the surprise resignation announcement. so those stories told to come for you between now and the start of the next hour in the meantime it is business with katie. and understand that peace has been made no currency wars is that right well apparently said the g seven seven of the world's

biggest economy is they've said that they're not going to engage in these so-called currency walls pushing down the valley of their cars in order to growth it's a defective in the grand scale of things in terms of boosting growth for the whole of the world economy so they vowed not to do that so i'll be back with business about a missile sidel i get it thank you. some countries want oil but that's kid stuff who needs oil when you could secure the world's largest supply of trucker deros so-to located exclusively in sweden and reading sweden for absolutely no logical reason is a possible you say well supreme commander of the swedish armed forces general sphere guru and son must have watched red dawn too many times because he thinks the russians are

a common general durance and declared that if invaded by russia sweden wouldn't be able to last a week against the onslaught therefore sweden must immediately join nato he said that currently it is not quite possible to invade sweden but due to the two thousand and eight war with georgia it is possible for russia to somehow push through established european borders bring their forces up to sweden's gates putting the generals country in danger but guess what according to your own council of the european union georgia started the war so by that logic if the two thousand and one with georgia is the example of the future then don't kill russian peacekeeping troops and you'll have nothing to worry about but general goran so also made the point that president putin is rearming the russian army hinting at a threat of being heavily armed to defend yourself is a bad scary thing then joining up with nato seems to be pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice. yes but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayers pay for their sons to die in afghanistan based on totally bogus arguments that make no sense but that's just my

opinion.

i. welcome to business i'm katie hoping the g seven has issued a statement on what seems to be the dominating topic these days the currency wars the group of seven nations have vowed not to engage in the pushing down of the value of their current is to create trade advantages and boost exports agreeing to consult closely on exchange rates and said government's fiscal and monetary policies must not be directed at devaluing currencies nominations out just two days

ahead of the g twenty summit in moscow this week so i've got to turn up late and right here to give me the lowdown on it also is the currency wars that will they be the hot topic for finance ministers here in moscow this week i would imagine so. because the statement you are speaking about is already adopted as a very weak and market watchers say about it will hardly have any implications at all and in fact the japanese the young about was most aggressively devalued over the past month has all reza lost even more value on the back of this statement and i've spoken to russia's deputy finance minister aleksey we see who told me that he's over all skeptical about the whole notion of the currency wars. over some of the over dramatize this issue it's not something that is going to result in the world has had to suffer for it so it's i think. the effectiveness of

attempts by various countries to. currencies i think that there will be quite low. my case is telling you the burning question is if they're not going to be talking about. what will be on the agenda or are they going to say well i was thinking about their greely issues the real problems they will talk stimulating economic growth creating new jobs and the means has taken place in moscow because russia said to chair these years g. twenty summits of the main one in september and deputy finance minister alex a may say if you told me that russia will raise some mobile issues concerning investment and that is listen to him then the most important topic in my opinion is going to be thought because on financing for investments and we understand that. it is the main challenge for today's world to generate enough investment to support growth and you know pain is one of the very important reasons why growth has been so

cluster in most of the countries in the world and second of course we expect to. new. concepts of that management level the. sort of the best interests on behalf of the. face that problem and so i can say. yes. for you as a lot of theory and i would say i'm sure admit that they start working real hard this week and by the time of the main summit in september they will come up with some real practical results that will affect our ordinary people's lives well that's. going to let my life. talk down upon a kind of a thank you very much indeed for. ok we're getting on and it's down to us for russia sukhoi superjet one hundred knots thanks to the state aviation

watchdog aviation have grounded four out of ten super jet planes in the air force fleet after receiving a letter from the federal air transport agency reporting failures in the aircraft and i heard of a sukhoi superjet said that the root cause of these failures has been identified and eliminated. the united states will want to know peace with russia when it comes to me the u.s. has urged russia to honor the accession to the w t o commitments and to immediately lift the ban on the import of u.s. beef products russian authorities and force the ban because of an elected finding of the growth from osa per mile a substance that is banned in one hundred sixty countries because of health risks to humans. let's check out these markets and see what is going on today and we've got the u.s.

markets as you can see that in positive territory remaining up real knowledge though as investors watch earnings before president barack obama's state union address bill meant to him self as while he's expected to talk about outlining his plans to create jobs and growth for the middle class today starts on the agenda today or so think about for investors as far as the european session then when it actually ended up in positive territory as an overnight run in japan gave way to some optimism on mining firms added pressure as metal prices dropped and also thought the meeting is going on today about e.c.b. president mario draghi meeting spain's prime minister mariano russia meanwhile european finance ministers meet in brussels to as well they're so upset for the first see an around a third for the dax there is talk current is then you can see just the russian ruble managed to finish up today stronger against both the u.s. dollar and the euro that are alice talk about taxes and here moscow because they

finished up the day mixed you can see just that three basis points for the r.t.s. affronts positive for a modest indeed for the my sex it's a rather a quarter below the line. moving on the russia is rapidly increasing its foreign debt the total foreign debt at the end of twenty twelve amounted to six hundred twenty four billion dollars that breaks down to four thousand two hundred dollars for every russian citizen things aren't as bad as they sound because the share of the corporate sector accounts for about ninety percent certainly an average russian is not responsible for gas from huge debts for the south stream gas pipeline project in south southern europe or the billions of dollars ross just has to pay to be paid for by. paid in reality the average burden on each rushing comes to just over four hundred dollars oh it's put that into perspective that the u.s. foreign debt has over five point five trillion dollars that's only eighteen

thousand dollars for every american whether their employees a retiree or even a newborn we can say so americans are saddled with a government debt burden that is forty times bigger than what russians have to do with. valentine's day is coming up and if you want to get your partner a gift that i might just serving for you russia's diamond empire has dug deep and found a rock worth one billion dollars. one hundred forty five carat is transparent with a yellow hue cover you see the yellow here but it is indeed there it is rather large and i quite fancy it myself so there we are but it is the business building you know exactly what this week and we've got plenty more news as well coming up here on r.t. so stay with us for that. mission

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favorites. if you're away from your television. set your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. here on r t the u.s. president is preparing for his state of the union address it's barack obama's first since reelection and he'll explain what he's got planned for a second term let's discuss what he's likely to include and exclude with gerald horne he's a professor of history at the university of. above his main focus is going to be restoring middle class prosperity why is that on top of his agenda. well it's clear that there has been a slowdown in the u.s. economy as you well know this slowdown is increasingly being exacerbated by

the rising tidal wave of u.s. debt which is now in detroit as mr obama sees it he has to make proposals that speak to this is this will include for example more emphasis on the green economy and green jobs the problem he faces is that there is a large political opposition in united states that is heavily in mest and climate change denial and it's hotly opposed to any measures that speak to the issue of a green economy. foreign policy issues as well on the agenda big announcer expected on the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan now that is expected to be cut by one hot off does this suggest that america ready thanks is mission accomplished now in afghanistan. well that's what mr obama will say but is you well know this crisis and afghanistan is just reaching a higher level no one expects the taleban to lay down their weapons no one expects

allies in neighboring pakistan to do the same i dare say that it is highly likely that the president mr gratian in kabul led by mr karzai will face a very perlas future when the u.s. troops pull out career of course is on the agenda too in the headlines at the moment that's obviously going to be something that he's going to be talking about and north korea's nuclear ambitions just how serious does america see this nuclear threat from. well as you well know there is presently a truce between north korea and united states there was a truce negotiated in one nine hundred fifty three and technically the democratic people's republic of korea and united states of america are technically in a state of war you may recall that a few years ago then u.s. president george w. bush proclaim that north korea was part of the axis of evil so the whole we all

well know what happened to saddam hussein's iraq with regards to being put in that category it was invaded by tens of thousands of u.s. troops and the regime was overthrown i think that north korea feels that if it has nuclear weapons it will not go the same route as saddam hussein's iraq that is to say being thrown by the united states military could the same be said of her on then. well i hope that mr obama mentions in his state of the union address that just a few days ago there were very ominous military games held off the coast of iran as is well known the u.s. ally in israel led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been ratcheting up the pressure and the tension with regard to iran mr obama is expected to visit and israel within weeks and many of us expect that this will be a very dangerous mission and so far as we fully expect some sort of attack on iran

before the end of two thousand and thirteen led by the interstates in israel really is that likely to happen do you think. well let us hope not but some of the signs are unmistakable i point you to those military games held off the coast of iran i point you to an editorial in this morning's wall street journal pinned by the u.s. ambassador biggest thrill and best of its united states michael oren which makes all matter of our claims about iranian intentions there are unmistakable signs pointing to a height military conflict with iran. let me quickly ask you about what aspect we've covered a lot here or not and that is drawing strikes the kind of action if you have those what well let be mentioned do you think. i hope so but probably not i don't think united states fully for this question of drones it's well known that the united states has no monopoly on the knowledge of developing that kind of technology as we

speak dozens of nations or developing drone warfare if these dozens of nations will see down the same route the united states has proceeded then we can expect the law of the jungle to iraq for example in the united states there are a number of iranian dissidents the united states will not extradite to iran should we expect iranians to engage in drone strikes in the united states against their political opponents by the united states has done in yemen and in pakistan and elsewhere let us hope not but the signs are pointing in that direction. to go before we had the contents of that address thank you very much indeed gerald hall for joining us live to talk about what could well be spoken by obama a little later today thank you very much indeed thank you some of the news in brief for you this from around the world in india at least eleven people have been killed and the police shot at tribal and great ongoing local elections in the tribes men

and women from surrounding villages descended on polling stations with swords and locals reject government rule and say it undermines the laws of their villages. the media rights group reporters without borders has condemned the detention of french journalists by french troops in the city of bar macko they were taken while filming an assault in the city and released only when their equipment and footage of been confiscated jonah's say they have faced huge obstacles getting information from the war zone in mali with some alleging civilian casualties are being covered up and france has been accused of only giving access to reporters traveling with its troops. pope benedict says he will not interfere in choosing his successor after unexpectedly announcing his resignation on monday the id eighty five year old is to quit at the end of the month citing all age making him the first head of the catholic church to step down in the six centuries the director of the national secular society keith porter's word says there must be more to the official explanation. i think the dark triangle side has been an absolute catastrophe for

the church it's actually lost. its authority in many parts of the world when you say that you're going to. oppose politicians trying to bring in say same sex marriage laws and you invest or your authority on that and then you lose as if as effectively happened in those important catholic countries like spain portugal brazil. and about to happen indeed in england and scotland in france then you actually lose the your authority it's more than just losing the fight so that's been a catastrophe for the church and church attendance has declined it in amazing rate and i think the child abuse scandal has been something that pope benedict has never recovered from he's been involved in it personally through the c.d.f.

prefecture for twenty five years and in fact he's brought more into the vatican and try to to cover it up more and more and more so i think his his papacy will be seen as a major setback and a very bad papacy for the church. that's it for the moment for me in the news team will be back with more for in about eight minutes from now stay with us is a solitary life in moscow. finishes its secret laboratory to mukherjee was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care watch only on the algae dot com.

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